It happens nearly every year: an unheralded player, maybe from a school few people know about, goes on a scoring tear or singlehandedly carries his team through a couple of rounds of the NCAA tournament.
Two years ago, Stephen Curry from Davidson dashed his way through the bracket, shooting the Wildcats past Gonzaga and Georgetown on the way to the regional semifinals.
There was Wally Szczerbiak taking Miami of Ohio to the 1999 Sweet Sixteen and Bo Kimble carrying Loyola Marymount into the 1990 regional finals after the death of Hank Gathers. Perhaps the greatest one-man show was Larry Bird in 1979, leading Indiana State to the title game.
The Associated Press has some candidates to keep your eye on as the tournament begins, from UTEP’s Derrick Caracter and Houston’s Aubrey Coleman to Siena’s Ronald Moore and Cornell’s Ryan Wittman.
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